]> Merle Travis (1917-1982) Ingo Luis 1962, American Music Inc / Unichappell Music Inc / Rightsong Music Publications The 1957 no. 1 hit by Tennessee Ernie Ford! Good fun! 2'15" Brill. A bit jazzy. Dirty plunger To be completed 20021123, 20040911 USA (KY) Fats Waller (1904-1943) Lee Norris 1929 Mills Music Inc Great arrangement of this well-known standard 3'00" Darren Excellent arrangement. Canadian Brass. Not fast. Not a 'finisher'. 'Ain't Misbehavin' is probably the best-known song by Thomas 'Fats' Waller, and was written in 1929 for the hit Broadway show 'Hot Chocolate', which featured Louis Armstrong. Born in 1904, Fats Waller grew up in Harlem, and his music is widely acknowledged to have been responsible for the gradual shift from New Orleans-style jazz towards the swing sound of Glenn Miller and others. Apparently, Fats Waller had very strong feelings about allowing room for creativity and inventiveness in the music that he played, and took a fairly dim view of using written arrangements. He preferred instead just to talk things over with his musicians, and mutually agree on a routine. Well, we didn't want to offend him completely, so we've talked things over between us, and we've mutually agreed on a routine. We're going to play this written arrangement by Lee Norris! Hope you like it! 20031128, 20031129, 20040626, 20040911 USA (NY City) Inside cover says: Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller (1904-1943) was one of the most important and influential msucial figures in the early decades of this century. Born and raised in Harlem, from an early age he was playing piano and organ in school programs, at church, and in theaters. During his formative years he studied piano with Liopold Godowsky, and composition at Jullierd with Carl Bohm. Such formal training was unusual for jazz musicians of that time. He began recording in 1922, and for the rest of his short life regularly spent time in the studio creating solo piano, organ, vocl, small band, and big band recordings of his own music, as well as music by other composers. Waller also appeared in three movies of the thirties, always as the quintessential jazz pianist / singer of his era. His charismatic popularity spread as far as Europe with two successful and extensive tours in 1938-1939. By the early forties his health had begun to deteriorate due to endless work, drinking and overeating. He died of pneumonia on a cross-country train trip from California to New York in December of 1943. Waller is remembered as a distinctive composer / pianist in the Harlem stride piano tradition. In the years 1929-1934 he made his best and most characteristic recordings in this style. But it is with his hit songs that Waller has achieved the most lasting fame. Ain't Misbehavin' is probably the most famous of the bunch. Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Paul M. Stouffer 1999 Almitra Music Co 2'30" Darren Beautiful. Very nice. Smack in the face for all (especially 1st trumpet). Melody always on 1st trumpet. France Alexander Arutiunian (1920-) 1989, Editions Bim Four pictures of Armenian life 2'00" + 1'30" + 3'00" + 2'00" Richard 1) Morning Song, 2) Drinking Song, 3) Song of Grief, 4) Wedding Procession. Good bunch of movements. Could do separately. Number 3 maybe gets a bit lost in the middle. Russia (Armenia) Herman Hupfeld (1894-1951 Bill Holcombe 1978 Harms Inc (USA), 1999 Tezak Edition (Germany) The classic ballad 3'15" Nick Not a great arrangement, but can be made okay with some changes to rhythm to make it more interesting. Strange trombone and tuba section. To be completed USA (NJ) Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Richard A. Hull 2003 Richard A. Hull Very effective arrangement of this turn-of-the-century piano piece 6'15" Richard Very effective repeting semiquavers To be completed Spain Albeniz 1860-1909 W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Larry Mills-Gahl 2002, Large Milk Music Lovely chillout melody 2'15" Darren Lovely. Quite hard. May be better if the tune was split between the trumpets. To be completed Austria Traditional French David Wall 1996 EMU Publishing French traditional song from the Auvergne hills 2'30" Darren Hard blow, but interesting arrangement - lovely. Worth the work! France Dave Perrottet 1982, 1990, Chester Music Limited Three slow blues numbers 3'00" + 2'00" + 3'00" Carole 1) Fanfare and Variations, 2) Slow Blues, 3) Round. Number 2 is best, but is only okay. There are better slow blues pieces around. To be completed Perrottet was a bone player Richard Jones Darren Ashman 1990 Richard Jones. This arrangement 1999-2004 Darren Ashman Uplifting melody from a love song by a local composer. 3'30" Darren Lovely melody. Enjoyed rehearsing it. Quite easy blow. Richard Jones was born in 1965 in New Quay, a seaside village on the west coast of Wales. His interest in music was ignited by coming across a Moog Rogue synthesizer used for sound effects in a school play. On leaving school he bought his first synthesizer and started to write songs and rehearse with a band. Initially, Richard wrote and recorded pop songs of all types, and many of his songs saw regional radio airplay, without ever being commercially published or recorded. Then he wrote and recorded nine theatre soundtracks for both professional and amateur companies around Cambridge. More recently Richard has concentrated on writing instrumental relaxation music. To date, over 750,000 people have heard Transoceanic's music via their website at http://www.mp3.com/transoceanic and their three CDs have been bought by chilled citizens all over the world. Transoceanic is (probably!) the most successful UK act on mp3.com. Bathe Me (In Your Love) was first written in 1990, and refined during recording of the song in 1991. The initial arrangement was sequenced and complex, an atmospheric and slightly spooky ballad. In 1996, the song was arranged very differently for live guitar, tin whistle and gravelly vocal to accompany Trespass Theatre's production of Craig Baxter's "Taking Liberties". Darren Ashman's excellent arrangement for brass quintet now provides another very different view of this tuneful ballad, exploiting the rich harmonies offered by a brass quintet. 20030329, 20031128, 20031129, 20040911 UK (Wales) Samuel Scheidt (1587-1653) Philip Jones 1975, 1991 J and W Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London, Ltd Three popular baroque pieces 2'15" + 2'00" + 5'00" Eric 1) Galliard Battaglia (Vivo) - trumpets alternate melody line - full on but okay, 2) Courant Dolorosa (Andante) - peaceful - trumpets share same part on repeats, 3) Canzon Bergamasque (Allegro) - good but hard work. Good arrangement. Fairly standard repertoire. To be completed Germany J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Henry Howey 1996 CIMARRON Music and Prod. Probably the most famous of the Brandenburg concerti - everyone knows it! In three movements. 6'00" + 2'00 + 3'15" Nick Good arrangement, though hard to pull off because of the nature of the 'string' parts. The first movement (Allegro moderato) is a little bit too long really. Nice second movement (Largo) leading nicely into a very effective third movement (Allegro). To be completed 20021123(mvt1+2), 20030329 (mvt3) Germany Baroque John Cheetham (1939-) Darren Five movements USA (NM) Eldon Rathburn (1916-) 1979 Canadian Brass Publications, Mississauga, Ont., Canada A nice and jolly rag commissioned by the Canadian Brass Quintet. 3'15" Nick A nice change from Joplin's rather overplayed rags! Often, each player has odd notes of the tune - hard to put together, but really effective when it works! To be completed 20021123 Canada Giovanni Gabrieli (c1555-1612) Graeme Page 1983 Canadian Brass Publications 2'15" Nick Like every other Gabrieli canzona! Harmless. Okay but not particularly astounding. To be completed 20040626 Italy Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Roger Harvey 1986 for all Countries, J. and W. Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd Very nice, well known tune. 2'45" Carole Well known and gorgeous melody. Keep it moving and it works! Scarey quiet top C# for 1st trumpet at end. Edward Elgar was born on 2nd June 1857, at Lower Broadheath near the Malvern Hills, which were to influence him greatly throughout his career. Like his father, he took up playing the organ, but also taught himself to play violin and bassoon. There was talk of him studying in Europe, but as his family could not afford this, he stayed in England and got on with his composing. Amongst wranglings over 'fair' payment for his work, Elgar sent a short piece called Evensong to music publishers Novello in 1897. The piece, for violin and piano, was renamed by Novello as Chanson de Nuit, believing that French titles sold better! After achieving instant fame with the Enigma Variations in 1999, Elgar rediscovered and completed a companion piece for Chanson de Nuit. Again for violin and piano, he entitled it Chanson de Matin, a name that Novello approved this time! It was only in 1901 that the two pieces became popular however, once Elgar arranged them for full orchestra. No doubt, his knighthood for Coronation Ode ("Land of Hope and Glory") helped too! Chanson de Nuit is now seldom heard, having been overshadowed for many years by the success of its so-called companion, Chanson de Matin. 20021123, 20040626 UK (England) Sir Henry Warren Jean-Francois Michel 1941, EMI Catalogue Partnership / Warner Bros / Editions Marc Reift 1'30" Darren Is this Harry Warren, 1893-1981, USA (Brooklyn)? Traditional John Iveson 1981, 1990 for all countries, Chester Music Limited 1) Jingle Bells - Deck The Halls. 2) A Carol Fantasy. 3) We Wish You A Merry Christmas 3'00" + 3'30" + 1'15" 1) Corny, becoming better later. 2) Canny - interesting. 3) A bit groovy - good. To be completed Christopher Wright 1999 EMU Publishing Darren Excellent, but a bit modern for a Christmas audience. Quassi Edward Gregson. Use as normal fanfare! Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Alan Gout 1980, Thames Publishing March and two-step. Makes a great change from the Entertainer! 5'15" "Nice", "Canny", "Good" To be completed USA (TX) Traditional Stephen Roberts 1985 for all Countries. J. and W. Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London. (Just Brass Lollipos) Fun arrangement of traditional song. Includes some drunken trombone playing! 3'15" Eric Good. Like it. Fun to play. Another drunken trombone moment, and another tuba quote though! To be completed 20021123, 20040626 Charles Wesley J. Hall Good and almost playable! 2'45" Good and almost playable. Hard trumpet 1 (could put onto D or maybe split with trpt2). Possibly Bryan's mate's arrangement. To be completed UK (England) Vivaldi-Bach David Baldwin 1984 Brassworks Music (ASCAP), Toronto Good, clever arrangement, in four movements 1'30" + 3'00" + 2'15" + 3'00" Nick Good, clever arrangement, but hard and probably too much to play the the whole thing in a concert (not as hard as the Brandenburg though!). The first two movements go nicely together. 1) allegretto - nice - ends with suspended chord going into... 2) allegro - great - clever - but hard work. 3) andante - very legato - nice - but very hard stamina-wise. 4) allegro - nice too - lots of semis - quite hard but generally under the fingers. To be completed 20040911 (mvmt 4) Louis Claude Daquin John Wallace 1996, Brass Wind Publications 2'15" Darren John Wallace Collection. Sounds tricky, but not as difficult as it initially seems. Effective. To be completed France Inside cover: Daquin was a French baroque harpsichordist with a slight output. His music, refreshingly direct and simple, is a gift to the brass arranger, and needs to be played with minimal interpretative interference. Le Coucouc is from his First Book of Harpsichord Pieces (1735). It makes an ideal encore item, or moment of light relief in a French baroque set. Play the ornaments on, not off the beat. NB the 1er Couplet and the 2e Couplet are played once only, so section B-C should be omitted after the second time bar - ie after bars 1 to 23 have been played the second time the music goes straight to bar 44. Baroque, written 1735. J. Hughes Darren Ashman 2002-2004, Darren Ashman Welsh hymn : Bread Of Heaven 1'45" Darren Three verses, suitable for congregational use. Load is spread around instruments, so not too hard a blow. To be completed UK (Wales) J. Hughes (1873 - 1932) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Alan Fernie 1994, Obrasso-Verlag Ag Flashy and very impressive dance from the "Snow Maiden" 4'30" Great last number for a concert! Lots of semiquavers - especially on horn. Sounds flashy and impressive, but not particularly difficult (except horn) nor tiring. To be completed Russia Traditional Bill Holcombe 1992 Musicians Publications, NJ 08628 1) Deck The Halls. 2) O Tannenbaum. 3) Up On The Rooftop. 4) We Wish You A Merry Christmas. 1'30" + 2'15" + 1'15" + 1'15" Nick 1) whole tones. Alright - a bit different. Interesting. 2) fanfare intro not good. 3) ...? 4) too clever for its own good - optional ending crap. First half okay. To be completed Traditional James Rae 1997, Universal Edition A.G., Wien Groovy swing version of Dem Bones! 3'00" Darren Excellent! Groovy swing! VERY simple arrangement works well To be completed 20021123 R. Vaughan Williams Jari Villanueva 1999 Music Express, USA 1) March "Seventeen Come Sunday". 2) Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy". 3) March "Folk Songs From Somerset". 2'45" + 3'00" + 3'45" Nick 1) needs doctoring (move horn bits to 2nd trumpet) - rest works ok. 2) is lovely and not a lip-buster. Possible stand-alone. 3) works ok, though not as well as 2, and quite hard on the lip. Good. 'Seventeen Come Sunday' is a very well-known march from Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite. Vaughan Williams was great friends with another English composer, Gustav Holst, and the two of them shared a passion for English folk music. Certainly their music has distinctively English sound to it. The English Folk Song Suite was written in 1923, when Vaughan Williams was 51, and came at the end of a 20 year period in which he collected and preserved some 800 English folk songs. The suite was originally written for a symphonic wind band of around 40 players; this arrangement for quintet is by Jari Villaneuva. 20040626 (mvt 1), 20040911 (part) UK (England) Martin Peerson Richard A. Hull Richard A. Hull Pretty tune from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book 2'00" Richard Olde Englishe. Simple but very nice. To be completed 20031128, 20031129 UK (England) Giles Farnaby Elgar Howarth 1975, 1991, Chester Music Limited Six short movements - all really tuneful and nice renaissance pieces. 0'50" + 1'15" + 1'10" + 1'10" + 1'10" + 1'10" Eric The Old Spagnoletta (Lively), His Rest (Slow), Tell Mee Daphne (Flowing), A Toye (Jauntily), His Dreame (Relaxed), The New Sa-hoo (Brisk - brilliant). Great alternative to other renaissance stuff. Lots of doubling of parts (trumpets) - can take turns! To be completed UK (England) Nick Byers 2003, Nick Byers Rousing fanfare, written to open our 2003 'Voices For Hospices' charity concert. 0'30" Nick Stunning! To be completed 20031128, 20031129, 20040911 UK (England) Dave Taylor Darren Harmless enough fanfare, but nondescript. Could use it if we need several fanfares. Johann Pezel 10 simple fanfares. 35" + 35" + 40" + 45" + 30" + 40" + 1'00" + 40" + 35" + 30" Could perhaps use a couple out of the ten To be completed Germany Malcolm Bennett 1988, Unlimited Music Short musical sketches of Banbury, York, Milton Keynes, Salisbury and Bath 1'00" + 1'00" + 1'30" + 1'00" + 1'30" Richard All rather nice / pleasant. Easy to play. Easy to listen to. Very short, but nice together. Add narration between them? To be completed Traditional Joseph Horovitz 1979 J. and W. Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd Effective arrangement of popular folk tune (prize for reminding Carole what that tune is!) 2'00" Carole Arrangement is effective, if a bit 'dynamicy'! Joseph Horovitz, the British composer, was born in Austria in 1926! (He moved to England when he was 12!) He studied at Oxford, then at the Royal College of Music, where he was taught composition by Gordon Jacob. Since the 1960s, he has been professor of composition at the R.C.M., of which he is now a fellow. He has won seemingly no end of awards and medals, including two Ivor Novello awards and the Gold Order of Merit of Vienna. Over the years he's composed 12 ballets (including Alice in Wonderland), nine concertos, scores for theatre, radio, television (including Agatha Christie and Rumpole of the Bailey dramas), with music for orchestra, wind band, brass band, choirs. And brass quintet. The Folk Song Fantasy is an arrangement of a folk song, and although each of us recognises the tune, none of us can name it! So please let us know (especially Carole) if you know what it is! 20021123 Austria / UK (England) Traditional John Iveson 1976, 1995, Chester Music Limited Good fun arrangement of this childhood 'chant' 2'45" Carole Good fun piece, which is probably why everyone plays it! To be completed Frere needs egrave on first e! C. F. Gounod Darren Ashman 2003-2004 Darren Ashman Alfred Hitchcock theme 4'45" Darren Written by 19th century Paris-born composer Charles Gounod, the Funeral March Of A Marionette dates from 1872 and a period when he was living in England. Gounod is best known for his operas - notably Faust - but this short piece is certainly very different in style to most of his other works. Just the picture of a procession of puppets swaying on their strings, on their way to a burial is enough to raise the corner of ones mouth. And this piece perfectly portrays this with its almost-serious, almost-jovial, definitely tongue-in-cheek feel. Alfred Hitchcock is said to have chosen this piece as his theme music after hearing it as background music to the 1927 silent movie Sunrise, directed by F. W. Watson. And its use in his thrillers adds a certain eeriness as you listen, half expecting a mysterious ghost to appear from nowhere! It is probably this that makes Funeral March Of A Marionette a hugely popular novelty piece for Halloween concerts. 20031128, 20031129 France 2'00" Darren Christmas A. Vivaldi Darren Ashman 2003 Darren Ashman Arranged brass quintet, choir and two recorders 2'45" Darren Traditional Luther Henderson 1986, Brassworks Music, Toronto, Canada. Combination of two well-known songs 5'00" Nick CL loves it. Bb picc up to E! To be completed 20021123 Erik Satie Geoff Colmer 2003, Geoff Colmer. 3'30" Very simple. Very repetitive. Nice enough - nothing wrong with it. Easy filler. Mussorgsky Richard A. Hull 2004 Richard A. Hull 2'00" Richard To be completed 20040626, 20040911 Russia Leslie Pearson 1978 J and W Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd, for all countries Jolly little rhumba number! 3'15" Richard Crowd pleaser. Easy. Quite groovy. Needs percussion selection. To be completed Darren Ashman 2002-2004 Darren Ashman 0'30" Darren Darren Ashman wrote this short fanfare in mid-2002. Its first performance on 3rd August 2002 was the announcement that his wife-to-be was waiting at the door of St Cadoc's Church, Caerleon, South Wales, and was ready to get on with their wedding service! The fanfare was immediately followed by Voluntary Number 3 by John Stanley and indeed, inverts and re-uses figures from it. The slightly odd title comes from an even odder revelation discovered whilst playing with anagrams of his fiancee's maiden name: 'Sheanna Thomas' = 'A Honest Ashman'! UK (England) Monty Norman Mark MacKinnon 1962 EMI Unart Catalog Inc / Warner Bros Publications Inc 1'45" Darren Not very exciting arrangement - lame. Sir C. H. H. Parry Darren Ashman 2003-2005 Darren Ashman 1'45" Darren Goes really well onto quintet, with parts moving through each other nicely. High horn moments. (Charles) Hubert (Hastings) Parry began to compose at the age of eight and music featured prominently during his school years. Indeed, he took his Oxford BMus whilst still at Eton. After graduating at Oxford, he entered the world of business. Music was never far from his thoughts though, and he became increasingly well-known, writing music for festivals. He joined the staff of the Royal College of Music for 17 years before being appointed Professor of Music at Oxford. He was knighted in 1898 and created a baronet in 1903. As well as his musical talent, Sir Hubert was a keen athlete, excelling in most events. His all-round 'niceness' earned him the description as an 'English Gentleman' in the Oxford Companion to Music. In Jerusalem, Parry used some of the opening lines from William Blake's poem, Milton, one interpretation of which combines the old Christian legend of Jesus' visit to King Arthur's court in England (hence 'Lamb of God'), with images of the industrial revolution (hence 'dark Satanic Mills'). Amongst other interpretations of 'Satanic Mills' are The Church of England, Stonehenge, The University of Cambridge! Jerusalem has become one of Englands most patriotic songs, often used as an alternative to the national anthem! Over the decades, it has been used as the anthem for a wide variety of causes, from the Women's Institute to Christianity. UK (England) Sonny Kompanek 1984, Canadian Brass Publications, Toronto. Great relaxed tango 3'45" Nick Quite a hard blow for 1st trumpet. Canadian Brass Series To be completed 20031128, 20031129 Jan Bach 1976 Mentor Music Inc Four movements Darren David Raksin Ingo Luis 1945 Twentieth Century Music Corp 3'15" Darren Very nice, close harmonies. A bit jazzy. Don't play at 76 bpm (too slow). To be completed 20040626 USA Peter Dickinson 2000 Novello and Company Ltd. Richard Very, very, very hard. All over the place tempo-wise. Lots of different things happening at the same time. Very modern. Would probably help to listen to a recording first. Maybe look at bits at a time. Probably not play-out-able for a loooooong time! To be completed Written in 1986 Irish traditional Richard A. Hull 1993, Richard A. Hull Also known as 'Danny Boy'. Lovely trombone feature 2'00" Richard To be completed Ireland Jimmy Webb Mark MacKinnon 1968 Canopy Music Inc / PolyGram International Darren Good music. All playing all the time, but good arrangement otherwise. To be completed Camille Saint-Saens Darren Ashman 2002-2005, Darren Ashman Rousing hymn-like maestoso for quintet and organ 1'45" Darren To be completed France Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Richard A. Hull 2002, Richard A. Hull 3'45" Richard To be completed Norway Opus 54, number 3 Richard Wagner John Glenesk Mortimer 1997 Editions Marc Reift Darren Not particularly good arrangement - not long enough on each theme - wrong notes - odd orchestrations. Needs some tweaking Witold Lutoslawski 1984, 1990 for all Countries, Chester Music Ltd. 2'45" Richard Very hard with lots of unusual measure changes. Modern. Will need to play through very slowly several times and listen to a recording first. To be completed Poland Alan Civil Darren Ashman 1965, Alan Civil. This arrangement copyright 1987-2004, Darren Ashman. Novelty piece for garden hose. Yes, really! 2'00" Darren Great fun and good novelty value. Audience always love it. Darren was lucky enough to play with an orchestra accompanying the late Sir Alan Civil back in the mid 1980s, who played this next piece as an encore. It tickled Darren so much, he decided to write to ask Sir Alan for permission to arrange it. It took quite some time to find his address - The Kings Arms, Brasted, Kent! Apart from his playing and his founding of the British Horn Society, he was known to be passionate about fine food and ale; it was said that he would decide whether or not to accept a concert or tour based on which breweries were nearby! One delightful story found Sir Alan on a long train journey. Having suffered the headphone hiss of a nearby youth's personal stereo for some time, he politely asked if he might turn down the volume. The youth refused, citing that it was a free country. To this, Sir Alan took out his horn and performed one of Mozart's concertos. The youth left the carriage to the clapping and cheering of the other passengers! 20021123 UK (England) Mozart Professor Peter Schickele 1985, Elkan-Vogel Inc, Bryn Mawr, Pa Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, and more. 5'15" Carole Brilliant! Amazing how he manages to fit Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, and more, together. To be completed 20021123 Austria Josef Kronk 1975, MGP, 10 Clifton Terrace, Winchester, Hants, UK Groovy 20s swing! 2'15" Good fun. Nothing too hard really, except one or two rhythms. To be completed Eino Tamberg 1996 Editions Marc Reift Richard Hard. Very modern. "Not quite as promising as I thought" - RH. Very melancholy. Joseph Horovitz 1969, Novello and Company Ltd Standard quintet repertoire! 1'30" + 1'30" + 2'45" + 2'45" + 2'00" Richard 1) Soubrette Song. 2) Trick-cyclists. 3) Adagio-team. 4) Soft Shoe Shuffle. 5) Les Girls. Could play one of the five movements each concert. Third is a quartet (no 2nd trumpet), with nice tune, but goes nowhere really - a bit weird. To be completed Austria / UK (England) Puccini Simon Hogg Operatic piece made particularly famous by Pavarotti and a soccer world cup. 2'30" Darren Great arrangement - works well To be completed 20021123, 20040911 UK (England) Inside cover says: Simon Hogg studied with Harold Nash at the Royal Academy of Music where he is now an Associate and visiting lecturer. He is a founder member of the internationally renowned Fine Arts Brass Ensemble with whom he has given over a thousand concerts in 35 countries. Together they have made thirteen commercial recordings and over a hundred broadcasts for the B.B.C. alone. He is much in demand as a performer, conductor and teacher. Edvard Grieg Darren Ashman 2005 Darren Ashman 2'15" Darren Norway Josef Alexander Modern andante 2'00" Darren Downloaded from internet. A little weird - very modern - dischordant. Very contrasting to everything else! Keep out, maybe, some time! To be completed Newman Dave Taylor Molto sostenuto from The Mulliner Book 2'30" Darren From the Mulliner Book (c1550). Nice and peaceful. Max vol = mf. Hard work - 2 or 3 beats rest only. Downloaded from internet. To be completed Johann Strauss Sohn Rudolf Korp and Erik Hainzl 1995 Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) 3'45" Darren Hard. No rests. But good, all the same. To be completed Peter Maxwell Davies 1984, J and W Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Lrd Modern march 3'30" Richard Very modern. One or two difficult bars, but not too hard. Richard and Carole like it a lot. Not Darren's cup of tea. To be completed UK (England) J. S. Bach Darren Ashman 1998-2004, Darren Ashman Prelude from the second book of "The Well Tempered Clavier" 3'30" Darren Horn up to C#, but otherwise ok. To be completed Germany Jeremiah Clarke Darren Ashman Darren Ashman Popular wedding music, as either processional or recessional. Darren To be completed UK (England) Claude Debussy Richard A. Hull 2003 Richard A. Hull Richard To be completed France Malcolm Arnold 1961, Paterson's Publications Standard BQ repertoire - in three movements 4'30" + 2'00" + 3'15" 1) crossed rhythms, great, love it. 2) killer on the face. 3) great, lots of flashy triplet semis. "I really like this piece" - CL. "Not sure if 2 is worth the slog" - DA. To be completed UK (England) Victor Ewald Edward H. Tarr 1990, 2000 David McNaughtan Standard BQ repertoire - in three movements 4'45" + 3'00" + 4'45" Richard To be completed Russia Victor Ewald Empire Brass Quintet 1977 Sto-Art Publishing Co. Inc., assigned to G. Schirmer Inc 1983 Standard BQ repertoire - in three movements Richard 1) is tuneful and nice but hard stamina. 2) is a air plus 5 varies. 3)... "Smack in the face". "Monster". "Nice stuff". Perhaps perform 1) on its own. Big piece! To be completed Russia Victor Ewald 1978, G. Schirmer Inc, New York Standard BQ repertoire - in four movements All really tuneful movements. Quite modern, lovely, good. 1st mvt is a cheek-hurter! 3rd mvt is slow and hard. To be completed 20031128 (Mvmt 1, 2, 4), 20031129 (Mvmt 1, 2, 4) Russia Bradley Mills, Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall, Scott Joplin John P. Evans 1978 Edition Musicus - New York, Inc 1) Whistling Rufus, 2) Swipsey - A Cake Walk, 3) Wall Street Rag 3'00" + 3'45" + 4'00" Carole 1) trumpets too high perhaps to risk in a concert. 2) ok but too long and a bit dull. Horn part needs a bit of practicing! 3) won't be very interesting to listen to - hard and not worth it! Arrangements are a bit strange - no breaks or rests - or changes. Quite hard and tiring to play. To be completed Tylman Susato John Iveson 1977 Chester Music. Five contrasting sixteenth century dances. 0'45" + 1'30" + 2'00" + 2'15" + 2'30" Alan Broadbent! All five work really well. 1) La Mourisque - very effective. 2) Bransle Quatre Bransles - nice. 3) Ronde - works really well. 4) Ronde - Mon Amy - nice gentle mvmt. 5) Basse Danse Bergeret - great. To be completed 20021123 Germany Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Andrew Duncan 2001 Andrew Duncan 6'15" Richard Good arrangement, but very hard stamina-wise. Not really do-able with anything else on the programme! Notes are not too difficult, just some fast scales. Needs piccolo. Horn part easier than Dance of the Tumblers, but trumpet parts much harder. To be completed. Glinka 1804-1857, written 1842. Laromir Weinberger Gordon C. Smith 1928 Hawkes and Son, London, for the world ex USA. Arranged by permission of Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd To be completed Gustav Holst Jerry Nowak 1998 Music Express Four movements 4'30" + 2'00" + 2'15" + 3'30" Nick As good as it could be for quintet (could do with more players!) Big blow with few rests. 1) March - great by itself, long on the lips with DC. 2) Song Without Words - lovely tune. 3) Song Of The Blacksmith - good, but not sure about scoring. 4) Fantasia On The "Dargason" - nowhere to breathe - on face all the time and fff! To be completed 20031128 (Mvmt 2+4), 20031129 (Mvmt 2+4) UK (England) Percy Aldridge Grainger David Stanhope 1986, 1994 Chester Music Ltd, London Great fun. 2'00" Eric Need a bit of getting together but excellent concert piece. Great 'finisher'. To be completed 20021123 Australia Nacio Herb Brown Alan Fernie 1999 Obrasso-Verlag, Switzerland Classic film music 3'45" Darren Great arrangement and not difficult! Sounds good too. Lots of interesting different colours, including a storm. To be completed 20040626, 20040911 USA (New Mexico) Antonin Dvorak Richard A. Hull 2003, Richard A. Hull 4'30" Richard To be completed 20031128, 20031129 Czech Republic Derek Bourgeois 1980 J and W Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd Serious BQ repertoire - in three movements 3'30" + 1'45" + 3'30" Richard Serious quintet piece. Technically hard and a long blow, so will need serious rehearsal, but would be great to slip into a concert. 1) great. 3) very technically difficult - "it's totally off its rocker" - RH. To be completed 20040626 (mvt 1) UK (England) Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart Nick Byers Dixie at its best 4'45" Nick Great finisher (in more ways than one). Solos for all. To be completed 20031128, 20031129 USA / UK (England) Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Darren Ashman 1961, Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music and Trio Music Company, Inc. 4'30" Darren End of first half - opportunity for players to wander off, leaving tuba playing (fade). To be completed 20031128, 20031129, 20040626 Chris Hazell 1995, Brass Wind Publications Light concert music in three movements 4'30" + 4'45" + 4'45" Darren 1) doesn't seem to go anywhere. 2) nice tune, if a bit long. 3) ok. Commissioned By Kings College Taunton To be completed UK (England) G. Gershwin Alan Fernie 2000 Obrasso-Verlag, Switzerland 4'15" Darren Good arrangement. Hard to keep different rythms together. Effective, but will need some work to put it togehter. To be completed 20040626 USA Traditional James Rae 1991 Universal Edition A.G., Wien Super arrangement of this popular song 3'00" Darren Very simple arrangement. To be completed 20021123 Felix Mendelssohn Alan Civil 1976, 1991, Chester Music Limited Quick but light dance 1'15" Eric Very good. Only about 1 minute. Fast 6/8. To be completed Germany Bert A. Williams (1874-1922) James 'Red' McLeod 1996 Almitra Music Co 1'45" Darren Bahamas Born in Nassau (Bahamas). Part-African in descent, he was raised in Los Angeles and went on the road with the Mastadon Minstrels in 1891. He was so light-skinned that he had to use blackface to maintain his role as an African. In 1893 he formed a partnership with another African-American song-and-dance man, George Walker. Their New York City premiere in the farce, The Gold Bug (1896), made them into a hit team, and they appeared in a number of musicals until Walker retired (1909). Williams was the first black comic to record with Victor Records (from 1901) and was one of those behind the early all-black musical, In Dahomey (1902), and a founder of the first African-American actors' society (1906). He continued as a solo act and became the most celebrated 'black' actor on Broadway, appearing in the annual Ziegfield Follies during 1910-19 (except 1913, 1918), and his last Broadway appearance was in Broadway Brevities (1920). Although he had appeared in blackface throughout his career and often played a shuffling fall-guy, he was credited as one of the first African-Americans to defy some of the stereotypes of the minstrel-show Negro, especially in his own songs such as 'Nobody' and 'That's a-Plenty'. He was the subject of Duke Ellington's 'Portrait of Bert Williams' (1940). Robert Nagel (1924-) 1960, Mentor Music Ideal for kids, but puts a smile on everyone's faces! 1'30" Excellent, though quite short. Sounds hard but isn't! To be completed USA (PA) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Frederick Mills 1979 Brassworks Music, Toronto Darren Very difficult, and hard to get together. Bb/Eb trumpet parts - rewrite for the sake of 20 bars! To be completed Germany Inside cover says: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is one of the towering geniuses in the history of the artsin wetsern civilization. It was in his work that baroque music reached its highest and most mature peak. Born in to a musical family, his early training came about by absorbing the teaching of family members. He ws a virtuoso at the torgan from an early age, and achieved a mastery of the instrument that became legendary. Indeed, in his own time he was known primarily as an organist, not as a composer. Most of his life was spent as a Lutheran church musician in various towns in northern Germany, principally in Leipzig, where he lived for the last 28 years of his life. As a composer he tackled all forms and media available in his time except opera, and extended many forms beyond conventional boundaries. Bach wrote a phenomenal amount of music, steadily producing at a staggering rate throughout his adult life. No other composer has ever shown a more complete technical mastery of the art and craft of composition. Basch's art always shows the perfect balance of forceful originality and supreme intellectual grasp and control. His two marriages produced twenty children, all of whom were musicians of some sort. Four of his sons became important composers in their own right. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, arranged here for brass quintet, was originally written for organ. Although Bach wrote music for keyboard throughout his composing career, most of the organ music was written when he was living in Weimar, 1708-1717, and in the years immediately preceding this period. Most historians believe that this piece dates anywhere from 1703 to 1708, written when Bach was roughly around 20 years old. Canadian Brass member Fred Mills was inspired to make this arrangement of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor through his close working relationship with conductor Leopold Stokowski, who himself reworked the same piece for full orchestra. Like Stokowski's work for orchestra, Fred Mill's transcription for brass quintet is now considered standard repertoire. Richard Drakeford 1969 Novello and Company Limited Medieval style. Six short movements 1'00" + 1'30" + 1'00" + 1'00" + 1'45" + 1'00" Richard Nice. Two out of the five movements are trios, which is a bit different. Medieval style, and different. To be completed Mid 20th century. Active especially in 50s-70s. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Nick Byers 2004 Nick Byers 3'00" Nick All pp or p. Slow and not loads of movement, so quite hard to keep together. Some high trumpet and not much off-face time. Hard. To be completed Czech Republic Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) Antonin Vaigl 1996, Barenreiter Editio Supraphon Carole 1st mvt (Allegro) best. Mvts 2-5 (Menuetto, Aria, Fois, Bouree) okay but there are better arrangements. To be completed Germany / UK (England) Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Steven Winteregg 1986, Steven L. Winteregg March style, but nice tune. 2'45" Nick To be completed 20021123 Norway Grieg (1843-1907) ? Gordon Smith 2'00" Very straightforward. Fairly uneventful. Harmless. Interleaved trumpets on same part, making reading difficult in places. Could perhaps replace some of the doubled octaves with a few rests. To be completed Andrew Duncan (1962-) 2001 Lewis Music Press Variations and fugue on 'This Old Man', with optional narrator, introducing each instrument of the quintet 9'30" Darren Excellent! Well written - he obviously has lots of brass quintet experience. Parts work together - fit well. Quite high horn section. Big piece - would not want much else big with it in a concert! To be completed 20040626 UK (Scotland) Richard Strauss (1864-1949) 1999, Canadian Brass Publications Opening fanfare from Space 1999 1'15" Nick Virtually impossible for tuba playing long organ pedals! To be completed Germany Late romantic era